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17 Crown Valley Divers Headed To USA Diving West Nationals
Crown Valley Divers had 41 divers travel last month to either Mesa, AZ or Elvaston, IL to compete in the regional competition with hope of qualifying for USA Diving West Nationals. There were many standout performances like Jake Greenberg and Madeline Wiese winning regional titles, and Ally Caplan and Olivia Paquette picking up some silver medals. Overall as a team CVD placed 2nd in Region 5 in Illinois and 4th in Region 9 in Arizona.
Crown Valley Divers had 19 divers qualify and 17 are moving forward to the USA Diving West Nationals next month, April 25-27 in Riverside, CA. 11 and under: Krystia Mischel and Olivia Paquette. 12-13 Alex Besanceney, Charlotte Bowen, Katie LaBella, Nate Pellini, Erin Young. 14-15 Kaelyn Casazza, Jaclynn Fowler, Jake Greenberg, Madeline Wiese, Heather Yoshii. 16-18 Ally Caplan, Caleb Dixon, Chris LaBella, Lauren Pierce, Joey Winkler.
CROWN VALLEY DIVERS WIN REGION 10 CHAMPIONSHIPS
Region 10 was the largest in attendance than any year previous. Of the 16 teams competing including Stanford Divers, Santa Clara Divers, and Trojan Divers, Crown Valley Divers won first place team in overall team points. It was a head to head battle with Stanford Divers going into the third day of competition as they had the lead by 4 points. CVD had a great show of talent, strength, and grace earning them a total of 292 points at the end of the competition just ahead of Stanford Diving with 278.
The coaching staff at Crown Valley Divers could not be more pleased with the teams performance in Santa Clara. We had a few standout performances by Caleb Dixon, Ally Caplan, Charlotte Bowen, and Madeline Wiese who all won Regional Champion Titles in their respective age groups. This is the start of a very exciting summer for the Crown Valley Divers of Laguna Niguel.